Sunday, May 27, 2018

Solo Sags

Based on the worldwide grosses of the new Star Wars flick, Harrison Ford is needed for the part of Han Solo in the same way that Clark Gable is a requirement for Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind. And Disney has a misfire with Solo during the Memorial Day box office weekend.

FOUR DAYS OF GROSSES

1) Solo: A Star Wars Story -- 4,381 -- $83.3M -- $101M (1st weekend)

2) Deadpool 2 -- 4,349 -- $53.5M -- $218.2M

3) Avengers: Infinity War -- 3,768 (-234) -- $20.1M -- $625.2M

4) Book Club -- 2,810 (+29) -- $12M -- $34.2M

5) Life Of The Party -- 2,937 (-719) -- $6.5M -- $40.5M

6) Breaking In -- 1,985 (-552) $1.1M -- $5.3M -- $36.9M

7) Show Dogs -- 3,212 -- $4.1M -- $11.7M

8) Overboard -- 1,196 (-624) -- $4M -- $42.4M

9) A Quiet Place -- 1,524 (-803) -- $2.7M -- $180M

10) RBG -- 15 (+37) --$1.5M -- $5.6M

Among full-animated features (stop-motion division), Isle Of Dogs (#21) has now collected $31 million at the domestic box office and $57.5 million worldwide.